Walbottle Campus

at , Newcastle upon Tyne , NE15 9 United Kingdom

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Walbottle Campus was formed in 1973 by the Tyne and Wear County Council following its creation in the same year. The school was formed by the merger of Walbottle East High School, Walbottle West High School and Walbottle Grammar. These schools were formed by the Northumberland Education Committee on the Walbottle Campus site as part of an attempt to save money. They only shared outdoor facilities but occasionally students would receive lessons at another of the schools. On the merger, the Head Teacher of the grammar school became Walbottle's first Head Teacher and the other Head Teachers formed the first Walbottle Campus Leadership Team. In 2005, all of the middle schools in Newcastle upon Tyne were closed . Students of Chapel House Middle School, Lemington Middle School, Chapel Park Middle School and Throckley middle school were placed in either Walbottle Campus or the First Schools in which they came from, all of which became primary schools, and Walbottle became a State Secondary School. In 2008, a new building opened, replacing the former three buildings. It operates under the Newcastle LEA Two Tier system and most pupils come from several local feeder primary schools.Walbottle Campus is controlled by the Board of Governors which is chaired by Jerry Paterson. The school is a Managed School of Newcastle LEA. There are no known plans for academy conversion.Location, Site and MergersWalbottle Campus is located in Walbottle Village, on the outskirts of Newcastle upon Tyne. Over the years, the school has seen several mergers. In 1973 Walbottle East High School, Walbottle West High School and Walbottle Grammar School were merged to form Walbottle Campus (the name of the site). Later, in 2005 on the closure of Newcastle's middle schools years 7 and 8 at many of these school joined Walbottle. Most of the assets that belonged to these schools were transferred to Walbottle. On the merger, there was not enough space on the main campus. Therefore a satellite campus was opened in Chapel House. This closed in 2008 with the opening of a new £35 Million building which would contain all of the students. The building was built in 2 Phases. Phase one included Blocks A - F as well as the library, both cafes and the main hall. Phase 2 opened in 2009 with H block and new outdoor PE facilities. Between 2009 and 2010 the old buildings were demolished. There is also a Sporting Pavilion feature Cricket Changing facilities a Sure Start Children's Nursery and Meeting Rooms. The site was transferred from Newcastle City Council Ownership to Aura North East which owns and operates the site as well as all Newcastle BSF schools. Walbottle Campus Hires the facilities for £755 820 per annum. Aura also hires out facilities to other organizations to raise money lowering the costs for the School itself. The blocks of the Main Building include;

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Walbottle Campus is Newcastle upon Tyne based place and this enity listed in School category. NE15 9.